A HEREFORDSHIRE man has been ordered to pay a garage back after making off without paying for fuel.

Darren Sutton entered a guilty plea to one count of making off without payment when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

One charge of burglary and one of theft of a motor vehicle were dismissed at the hearing as no evidence was offered.

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The court heard from prosecutor Paul John that the 29-year-old had, knowing that payment was required on the spot for goods supplied, made off from a garage in Leominster without making payment and intending to avoid payment of £70.03 for diesel.

Sutton, who was represented at the hearing by defence solicitor Chris Read and who is of Dry Thistle Close in Bromyard, was ordered to pay compensation of £70, with magistrates saying that they had taken his guilty plea into account when deciding on the penalty.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135.